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Originally Posted by Citroënbender
I read reports of increasing presentations for mental health triaging at a major hospital in either Melbourne or Adelaide - can’t recall which, yet. There was discussion of how the “spike” would lag behind charted progress of coronavirus and its treatments - a bit like the lag in PTSD manifestation.
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Can't find a link right now but there were reports of increases in domestic violence, it's inevitable that more violence will lead to more deaths. I'm also curious to know how drug overdose rates are being impacted. With fewer international flights are drugs now harder to get, more expensive? Or is the good stuff now being "Aussie made"? One way to encourage local manufacturing I guess.
Reports from Brazil say over 2000 kids under 9 have died from the virus, poverty and malnutrition make survival harder.
Lots of things about this pandemic will keep researchers busy for years.